Heel



5, 1930. R. SKOVRONEK 1,772,293

HEEL

Filed March 21, 1929 2/ z/ 0% 7 INVENTOR A'ITORNEY was Aug. 5,1930 v 1,772,293

' UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcr.

Applicationflle'd March 21, 1929. Serial No. 348,713.

This invention relates to improvements in Figure is across sectional View, taken on shoe heels in general and particularly to the .l 1ne 55 of F igure 4. kind known as French heels, usually made Figure 6 1s a cross sectional view, taken on of relatively light but solid material,- as for line 66 of Figure 4.

5 instance, wood, and which are, due to their Figure Z illustrates aplan view of a modiextensive height and relatively small cross fied form of an attaching member. section, subjectto breakage. F1gure81s a partlal, vertical cross sec- One of the objects of my inventionis to tional v1ew therethrough provide a heel of this type with provlsions F1g11re'9 1s a cross sectional vlew, taken on for overcoming its tendency of breaking and llne 99 of Figure 8, and

simultaneously provide exchangeable top Figure 10 is a cross sectional view, taken lifts, adapted to be associated with a heel on line 1( )10 of Figure 8. y and permitting a ready removal of a worn Referring to the figures, numeral 10 detop lift and replacement thereof by a new notes the body of a heel whlch 1s madepref- 15 one. erably of wood but may be made of any-other Another object of my inventionis to prosolid or hollow material, as desired. Passvide in a heel, a reinforcing member, the mg through the heel body, there will be seen body of which is preferably tubular and one a reinforcing member 11, which 1s shown to end of which is preferably offset and rebedlsposed vertlcally through the heel ma- 20 duced, and formed to a cornered cross section terial, but which may also be inellned, deso as to facilitate a correspondingly formed pendlng upon the shape of the heel. Th s reattaching member provided with a top lift, lnforcing member 11 consists of substantially and adapted to engage the reinforcing mematubular member, the upper portion of which her, said cornered reduction preventing the has preferably an annular cross sect1on,wh1le top lift from changing its position relative 1ts lower end s reduced and recessed at 12 t th h l, and 1s shaped in theform of a rectangular, The foregoing and further objects will be l gular or Square-shaped extension 13, more fully apparent from the following de- Whlch termlnates 1n' a 11 5; flange, l i ti and th accompanying drawings, The latter bears against the wood material 00 forming part of this disclosure but by no and prevents the reinforcing member from 7 means intended to limit it tO'the actual depenetrating Wa Sign, and in which I prefer to force the relnforcmg member Figure 1 is a Vertical Cross Sectional View into the heel material so as to assure a tight fit and prevent the reinforcin member from throughmy lmproved heel provldedwlth a g g g the heel materigl. relnforclng member.

Referring to Figure 2, there will be seen Figure 2 1s a partial cross sect1onal view illustrated a to lift 15 to which is secured through a top 11ft adapted to be ass-ocmted by means of ri vets or nails 16, the base 17 with my heel.

of my attaching member, which consists of 40 Flgul'e 3 11111StFateS a cross sectlonal P a resilient upper portion 18 and a cornered through a P y developed attfmhmg connection 19, corresponding in shape to member, adapted to be s cl W the the cornered reduction 13 of the reinforcing top lift. 7 member 11.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view through I preferably make my attaching member 45 one form of a finished attaching member. by drawing it, as illustrated in Figure 3, in

which figure a top lift 15 is indicated in broken lines, while numeral 17 indicates the base of the attaching member, and 17" the unfinished engaging extension, which is drawn out from the material.

In Figure 4 the finished attaching member is illustrated, showing again the base 117, from which extends the engaging portion consisting of the resilient engaging end 118 and the cornered connection 119. Engaging extension 118 is slotted, as clearly seen in Figures 4 and 5, at 118 so that resilient connections 118" are formed, which permit the slipping of the engaging extension 118 through the square cornered reduction of the reinforcing member 11.

As will be observed from Figure 1, the resilient extension of the engaging member, indicated in broken lines, is passed through the cornered reduction 13 of the reinforcing member and is permitted to spread out so as to engage the recess of the tubular portion of the reinforcing member, while the cornered-connection of the engaging member registers "with the cornered reduction 13 of the reinforcing member. The base of-the engaging member is preferably shaped to correspond to the shape of the top lift, as

indicated in broken lines in Figure 6.

Another form of the engaging member is shown in Figure 7 where again a base 20 is shown, which in this case, however, is made separately from the rest of the device, as clearly seen in Figure 8. The resilient engaging portion in this case is formed by two strips, indicated at 21 and 22, which cross each other and are reduced at their lower portion to a square-shaped connection, shown clearly in cross section in Figure 10. The lowerends of the strips are engaged by the folded over edges 23 of the base member.

It is obvious that my device is of extremely simple construction, and therefore inexpensive in production. It is very effective in that it facilitates an immediate exchange of worn top lifts without the application of any tools. It is my idea to manufacture the heel and supply the buyer with a number of top lifts so that the wearer will be in position to readily exchange those top lifts himself, and without necessitating his going to a shoemaker for just this work.

Due to the fact that my device is rather inexpensive, the cost of a reinforced heel of my design does not increase to a great extent the price of ordinary French heels.

While I have shown specific forms of my design, be it understood that various changes and improvements may be made therein Without departing from the broad scope of my idea, and I therefore reserve for myself the the right to make such changes and improvements in my'invention, for which I claim In combination with a heel, a tubular remforcing member passing through the heel 'tion 0 member associated with said reinforcin member and having resilient means enlarge at its u per end for engaging the tubular porf said reinforcing-member and a cornered connecting portion adapted to register with the cornered reduction of said re- I inforcing member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RAPHEAL SKOVRONEK. 

